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« Reply #1960 on: September 08, 2025, 10:20:09 AM » |
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Rick Davies of Supertramp. 81.
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« Reply #1961 on: September 08, 2025, 12:34:37 PM » |
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RIP Rick Davies, 81, the only constant member of Supertramp since their Inception in 1969.
Thanks for some stunningly great music.
He was Bloody Well Right.
**** cancer.
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« Reply #1962 on: September 08, 2025, 05:47:24 PM » |
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Very sad about Rick Davies, although he had been ill a long time 😢
He, with, Roger Hodgson, wrote and performed some of my favourite music, Downstream and Even in the Quietest Moments have special meanings for me.
RIP Rick
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« Reply #1963 on: September 24, 2025, 12:36:17 PM » |
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Just seen a post on Fairporters saying that Danny Thompson died yesterday. Haven't seen any other corroboration yet though.
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« Reply #1964 on: September 24, 2025, 12:47:40 PM » |
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Just seen a post on Fairporters saying that Danny Thompson died yesterday. Haven't seen any other corroboration yet though.
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« Reply #1965 on: September 24, 2025, 01:40:03 PM » |
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That's sad. So many of my records feature Danny.
I saw his own band Whatever at a small venue in the 80s.
Can't believe it's 4 decades ago.
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« Reply #1966 on: September 24, 2025, 02:00:47 PM » |
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RIP DT
A huge figure in so much of the music that I adore.
Last seen by me in Liverpool playing with Ryley Walker in, I think, 2016. He looked pretty fragile then but still played beautifully, of course. One of the genuine greats.
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« Reply #1967 on: September 24, 2025, 02:03:12 PM » |
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RIP DT
Has it been definitely confirmed then? Jules |
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« Reply #1968 on: September 24, 2025, 02:03:58 PM » |
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RIP DT
A huge figure in so much of the music that I adore.
Last seen by me in Liverpool playing with Ryley Walker in, I think, 2016. He looked pretty fragile then but still played beautifully, of course. One of the genuine greats.
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« Reply #1969 on: September 24, 2025, 02:04:47 PM » |
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RIP DT
Has it been definitely confirmed then? Jules Only in a social media capacity so far, as far as I'm aware anyway. |
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« Reply #1970 on: September 24, 2025, 03:15:04 PM » |
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The latest post on FB says that it's fake news. Really don't know what to believe at this point.
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« Reply #1971 on: September 24, 2025, 03:28:40 PM » |
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The latest post on FB says that it's fake news.
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« Reply #1972 on: September 24, 2025, 04:50:27 PM » |
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« Reply #1973 on: September 24, 2025, 05:08:18 PM » |
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Here we go (I think) - Instagram
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« Reply #1974 on: September 24, 2025, 05:14:32 PM » |
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And now confirmed by the FC Touring Facebook page...
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« Reply #1975 on: September 24, 2025, 05:28:01 PM » |
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Very sad news. I saw him a number of times with RT, the best line-up of his band being, in my opinion, with Danny, Michael Jerome and Pete Zorn. Also saw Danny and Richard play a superb duo gig in Blackpool which was nearly 20 years ago now.
And as MrsB just reminded me, he was a regular member of the Transatlantic Sessions house band.
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« Reply #1976 on: September 24, 2025, 05:43:01 PM » |
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Ah, bugger. Travel on well, Danny. You were absolutely the best at what you did. Jules |
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« Reply #1977 on: September 24, 2025, 06:11:46 PM » |
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Very sad to hear. I'm grateful for the times I got to see him play with RT, mostly in the U.K., as well as reading cricket(?) scores on the stage at Cropredy.
I particularly enjoyed the "Cabaret of Souls" premiere at a historic theater in State College, Pennsylvania, circa 2009. The occasion was an annual gathering of college students studying double bass. RT composed the whole piece to feature the instrument, and Danny was wonderful. It may have been his last performance on these shores, as he had stopped touring the states by then. R.I.P. and thanks for the fabulous music.
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« Reply #1978 on: September 24, 2025, 06:26:20 PM » |
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RIP much like John from Austin, we mainly saw him with RT and at Cropredy…I have friends who love to go to Transatlantic Sessions so they will be sad, too.
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« Reply #1979 on: September 24, 2025, 07:24:22 PM » |
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One of the greats, whether playing wit RT Pentangle or his jazz mates.RIP Danny. The one and only
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